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4/22/2017

Our Health Onus is On Us...

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Responsibility: It’s not exactly a fun word, but then it all depends on how we chose to think about it. If we view it as a  'punishment', then yes, we probably do want to avoid it. It is a STICK for us.
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If we see our responsibility as more of a ‘reward’ to help us resolve a problem we are trying to fix. It is a CARROT for us.
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Here is a common, real world example: 
​Approximately, 610,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that's 1 in every 4 deaths.1 Often, heart disease is caused by eating a diet that makes us sick; destroys the vascular system; brings us misery; costs us billions as a society; and takes our lives too early.  
So, how do we view our responsibility in regard to this issue? If we close our eyes to it, we are seeing this responsibility as a STICK. If we choose to alter our diet, and change our health, we are seeing this responsibility as a CARROT.

Responsibility extends to Tension-Based Pain as well. There may be many different factors that bring us tension, contracted muscles, lack of blood flow to those muscles, muscle spasms, and pain. Some of these stressors may include the following:
  • Family stress
  • Work stress
  • Unresolved emotional problems
  • Financial stress
  • Feelings of inadequacy
  • Fear of the future
  • Regrets about the past
  • Health concerns for ourselves or others
These are issues that may effect many people over a lifetime, but often the individual reaches a point where they must recognize that the impact of these forces on the body are no longer a simple inconvenience, but may significantly effect their lives. If this is true; the time has come to stop; understand the cause of these issues, and make some critical changes. Surely, altering our lives can be difficult, and disruptive, no doubt. Sometimes a series of small changes can resolve tension, and pain. Other times we may need to consider sweeping changes in our lifestyle, and relationships to cease the constant cycle of Stress-Tension-Muscle Contraction-Lack of oxygen to the muscles-Spasm and muscle failure.  

We can continue to look away from our responsibility in regard to stress, tension and pain, but it will most likely catch up with us, cause suffering, and potentially stop us from living the lives we want. Whether we choose to take action or not, the responsibility is actually still with us. Hopefully, we will choose the right path, and find our way to positive, enjoyable, and rewarding lives…

Peace to you all, whatever your choices may be…

1 ​Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
​https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm

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